diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/roku.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/roku.py
index cd16dc4a620ddf7790ba7080fdbd415db7b723fd..98372a3f65d85affbf83149338bd63876c0d4f7a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/roku.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/roku.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class RokuDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
                 self.current_app = self.roku.current_app
             else:
                 self.current_app = None
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+        except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+                requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout):
             self.current_app = None
 
     def get_source_list(self):